"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his story tied to controversy and confusion over identity between his creator, Emmett Kelly Sr., and his son, Emmett Kelly Jr.

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as ...

From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explo...

Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He i...

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by...

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

Two years in a clown school. Against all odds and trends, learning how to make people laugh out at t...

A young girl has already seen everything there is to see and her world has lost all meaning. Her ang...

Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish...

Tucked away in northern Indiana, the city of Peru, Indiana is the circus capitol of the world. Thous...

Noel Mason's vaudevillian skills are appreciated by his younger audience, but he is not making enoug...

Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to crea...

While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen o...

Cirque du Soleil presents KÀ, its new epic tale, an unprecedented theatrical production now playing ...

A Documentary on the Creation of OVO, by Cirque du Soleil

Impressionistic glimpses of London life from early morning to rush hour.

after mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and r...